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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

B4GALT1

Capra hircus · Beta-N-acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.38; 2.4.1.90)

GT7Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT7 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB4GALT1
Synonyms / alternate names
  • N-acetyllactosamine synthase
  • Nal synthase
  • Neolactotriaosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase
UniProt accessionE9NRZ3
NCBI Gene ID100860927
Source speciesCapra hircus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-N-acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.38; 2.4.1.90)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Golgi stack membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+)
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-alpha-D-galactose
Donor CCD code(s)GDU
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
  • a beta-D-glucosylceramide
  • a neolactoside IV(3)-beta-GlcNAc-nLc4Cer
  • an N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl derivative
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

402 aa
MKFREPLLGGSAAMPGASLQRACRLLVAVCALHLGVTLVYYLAGRDLRRLPQLVGVRTTLQGSSHGAAAIGQPSGELRLRGAAPPPPLQNSSELRSRAASNPDADSRPGPGPGPGSNLTSAPVPSTTTLSLTECPEESPLLVGPMLIEFNIPVDLKLVEQQNPKVKLGGRYSPTDCISPHKVAIIIPFRNRQEHLKYWLYYLHPILQRQQLDYGIYVINQAGESMFNRAKLLNVGFKEALKDYDYNCFVFSDVDLIPMNDHNTYRCFSQPRHISVAMDKFGFSLPYVQYFGGVSALSKQQFLSINGFPNNYWGWGGEDDDIYNRLAFRGMSVSRPNAVIGKCRMIRHSRDKKNEPNPQRFDRIAHTKETMLSDGLNSLTYMVLEVQRYPLYTKITVDIGTPS

Catalytic domain sequence

219 aa
PHKVAIIIPFRNRQEHLKYWLYYLHPILQRQQLDYGIYVINQAGESMFNRAKLLNVGFKEALKDYDYNCFVFSDVDLIPMNDHNTYRCFSQPRHISVAMDKFGFSLPYVQYFGGVSALSKQQFLSINGFPNNYWGWGGEDDDIYNRLAFRGMSVSRPNAVIGKCRMIRHSRDKKNEPNPQRFDRIAHTKETMLSDGLNSLTYMVLEVQRYPLYTKITVD